An October Angus Reid/Sympatico study asked visitors to the Sympatico site to identify their personal Internet activities.

Sending and receiving e-mail	96 per cent
Searching the Internet using search engines	88 per cent
Downloading files and software	77 per cent
Searching for topics using web guides or indexes	73 per cent
Reading current news	72 per cent
Searching for phone numbers	62 per cent
Looking for weather forecasts	57 per cent
Looking for health information	56 per cent
Looking for local info (restaurants, movies, etc.)	49 per cent
Looking for maps on-line	46 per cent